Ulopella

Smith, Lydia R. J. & Webb, Michael D., 2016, Review of the Ulopella leafhopper genus group (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Ulopinae) with description of a new genus and species collected from pitfall traps in Zambia, Zootaxa 4189 (3), pp. 571-580 : 573-574

Key to genera of Ulopella group

1 Globular in appearance ( Fig. 3 b, e, h)...................................................................... 2

- Not globular in appearance, more elongate.................................................................. 4

2 Scutellum vertical ( Fig. 3 b, h)............................................................................ 3

- Scutellum horizontal ( Fig. 3 e)................................................. Conlopa bredoni (short wing form)

3 Crown with two processes ( Fig. 3 a–c)................................................................ Delopa

- Crown without processes.............................................................. Aethiopulopa globula

4 Relatively robust species, forewing veins raised ( Fig. 4 d, e); subgenital plate without basal lobe or with unfused basal lobes; style apex with one lateral processes....................................................................... 5

- Relatively slender species, forewing veins not raised ( Fig. 1 a, b); subgenital plates with fused basal lobes ( Fig. 2 j, arrowed); style apex bearing two lateral processes ( Fig. 2 j)...................................................... Kafulopa

5 Forewing normal; hindwing present............................................ Conlopa bredoni (long wing form)

- Forewing elytra-like ( Fig. 4 b); hindwing absent..............................................................6

6 Head rounded in profile ( Fig. 4 h) with weak anterior ridge; depressions on head and pronotum shallow; subgenital plate without basal lobe; basal arm of style long beyond its connection to connective; aedeagal shaft robust................ Ulopella

- Head square-shaped in profile ( Fig. 4 b, e) with a distinct anterior ridge; depressions on head and pronotum conspicuous ( Fig. 4 a–d); subgenital plate with basal lobe; basal arm of style beyond its connection to connective, short; aedeagal shaft elongate.................................................................................... .. Aethiopulopa (in part)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Kafulopa bicolor: a, dorsal habitus (holotype) scale bar 1 mm; b, lateral habitus (holotype); c, face (paratype), d, apex of female abdomen in ventral view (paratype).

FIGURE 2. Kafulopa bicolor, external features and genitalia: a, face; b, right fore leg, lateral view; c, right fore tibia, in cross section near apex; d, right hind femur (apex to top); e, right hind leg, dorsal view; f, right hind leg, ventral view; g, right hind tibia, in cross section at midlength; h – j, male genital capsule, h, lateral view, i, dorsal view, j, ventral view (arrow indicates fused basal lobes of subgenital plates); k, aedeagus, lateral view; l, apex of aedeagus, ventral view; m, second valvulae lateral view; n, first valvulae, lateral view (Abbreviations: AD: anterior dorsal, AV: anterior ventral, PD: posterior dorsal, PV: posterior ventral).

FIGURE 3. Ulopella group species: a – c, Delopa cornuta (a, holotype, b – c, allotype), a, dorsal habitus, b, lateral habitus (image flipped from right to left), c, face; d – f, Conlopa bredoni (paratype), d, dorsal habitus, e, lateral habitus, f, face; g – i, Aethiopulopa globula, (paratype), a, dorsal habitus, b, lateral habitus, c, face. Scale bar: 1 mm. See Material and methods for details of imaged specimens.

FIGURE 4. Ulopella group species: a – c, Aethiopulopa myron (holotype), a, dorsal habitus, b, lateral habitus, c, face; d – f, A. bambiensis (non-types), d, dorsal habitus, e, lateral habitus, f, face; g – i, Ulopella steeli (holotype), g, dorsal habitus, h, lateral habitus, i, face. All lateral images flipped from right side to left. Scale bar: 1 mm. See Material and methods for details of imaged specimens.